Stylish with Substance

Here is a peak at one item from Fendi's Spring 2007 bag collection. I hope this is some sort of case, but it could be a little clutch bag. It's certainly different with that large zipper pull. I just really think this would make a cute beauty or camera case over a bag, though.

See more of the collection at Style.com.

Check out this comic about Black Friday last Sunday on Canned Ham.

Yes, I'm still loving the Black Friday stories and jokes. :-) My big, nay huge mall day is tomorrow. (Shhhhh super secret Coach invite came, and I'm a VIPer who was invited to go 1 day early. [At least I think I'm a VIPer, I even got a phone call from my own SA!]) So it's Coach to reap the rewards of birthday money, and trying to get a Michael Kors bag with a Macy*s coupon (wish me luck on that one, and oh can you use those on gift cards?) and possibly buy more presents!

*Via* Style Bytes:

Kate Moss has been seen out and about with that famous Chanel garbage bag I posted in September.

This hanging sack does not look chic on her.

Hmm, I wonder if someone could be rich enough to use this as a reusable trash bag holder? That might be chic, insane, but stylish.

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Customized Girl .com is a shop a little bit like Café Press but solely for personal buying of your own customized items, plus it's much more girl-friendly in selection, color and is easy and fun. They offer items for women, men, kids & babies and pets, too. You can buy tops, bottoms, undies, bags, hats and even dog tees - and for the holiday season; stockings (including a doggie paw stocking)!

You make your own creations or quotes, monogram your name, whatever, plus you can pick colors (including glittery ones), fonts, positions of text, and even clip art for all products.

There's also a gallery feature, so you can save designs for later, or even make them famous.

One feature I’d love to request is the ability to upload our own images to add, and I’d really love cropped sweat pants, personally.

There's an infinite amount of fun and items to buy in this shop, but it's especially great for holiday gifts. Your neice's name on this, your pup's on that, or even your own slogan on the tush of sweat pants.

I know I’m going to do some shopping there, myself, but this site takes some thought and preparation. The rest of you, better get on those gifts!

Omiru, oh my I love you. It's a great fashion blog, especially for trends. And I can't get enough of their polls.

Being bored with my own post ideas I have in line, as I do---I'm quite fidgety, I thought I'd look to see what other bloggers are saying.

Omiru gave a reason (a small one) to wear only faux fur and supplied a list, separated by price, of faux-fur-embellished coats on the web. The best part? The most expensive is only $158 from Nordstrom.

Oh faux fur, I love you, too!

Neiman Marcus is having a huge designer sale, including bags from designers like Chloe (with lo-ots of Ediths, but no Paddingtons) and Marc Jacobs.

My sale pick of the whole store is Jacobs' Stam Hobo, on sale for ...

*drumroll*

... $840, from $1,200!

It's only still available in chestnut, so hurry! If I weren't saving for a Paddington, ah well, I'd be saving for the Little Stam anyway, so oh well. Good luck picking out something special!

Okay, okay. I'll have to stop the idealist fantasy about keeping my purse if I am ever in a snatch attempt, and I really have to stop encouraging it to my readers. All because of reading two recent news stories, I see how very dangerous it is. (And we can get newer, possibly better bags, anyway.)

• News story 1: Elderly woman dragged when man in car snatches her purse


• News story 2: Robber shoots woman in face when she refuses to hand over purse

What a world we live in. Oh fine, bah, I'll have to give in and vow to try to stay safe.

But still it's not easy to replace a Chloe or Fendi! We must let it go, but it's heartbreaking to let IT go. ;-)

Following our Holiday Gift Week series, I still have at least one gift to write about. One source of an assortment of fashionable gifts for women is Dooney & Bourke, and their various accessories. Dooney & Bourke wristlets are cute for girls, especially the more colorful ones. For adults, they have nice - more sophisticated - accessories and bags, too. Like Coach, Dooney is a more affordable luxury brand. Their Flap Wristlets, like this Doodle Wristlet shown, cost $45. That's a great price considering some other pricetags these days. And teenagers often only need a wristlet as an entire bag, so depending on what you pick for whom, a D&B gift is a great one.

Following our Holiday Gift Week series, I still have at least one gift to write about.

One source of an assortment of fashionable gifts for women is Dooney & Bourke, and their various accessories. Dooney & Bourke wristlets are cute for girls, especially the more colorful ones. For adults, they have nice - more sophisticated - accessories and bags, too. Like Coach, Dooney is a more affordable luxury brand.

Their Flap Wristlets, like this Doodle Wristlet shown, cost $45. That's a great price considering some other pricetags these days. And teenagers often only need a wristlet as an entire bag, so depending on what you pick for whom, a D&B gift is a great one.

eLUXURY is currently having a big Emilio Pucci sale with hundreds off the entire inventory!

For shoes, what caught my eyes were these Cupola Satin Ballerina Shoes. The print is just-right on a ballerina flat, but wait, these aren't flats. They have a short chunky heel. It's all blended oddly, but beautifully when we add that long ankle strap with bow. Wow, what a shoe. And it's $249 off of $420.